Winds
By: Kaitlyn Bialy
General Information
- Caused by unequal heating of Earth's Surface
- Two major types of winds- Global and Local winds
- Wind is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high air pressure to an area of low air pressure
- Can be measured by an anemometer
There are Global winds and Local winds.
Local Winds!!
- caused by unequal heating of the Earth's surface in a small area
- happens at evening
- different kind of wind in different areas
- two different local winds are Sea Breezes and Land breezes
Global winds
- caused by unequal heating of Earth's surface over large areas
- many winds
- never change
- trade winds, doldrums, horse latitudes,polar easterlies, and prevailing westerlies